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[–] 70 points 3 weeks ago

All the accent gets magically sent to British rappers

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  • [–] 42 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    It's true. Singing pretty much proves they're faking it.

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  • [–] 29 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

    Interestingly enough, when you're talking classical singing, it's the American accent that disappears.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    In favor of what? Legit question, I'm not that cultured.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago*

    What we'd culturally call "good" singing is about producing a loud, clear, consistent note. The best way to do so is to open your mouth wide with your tongue out of the way. When you do this the sound you make is "ah" (like when a dentist says say "ah")

    Therefore "when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie" when sung is closer to "Wan tha moon hats yar eye lark a bag pazza pie".

    As accents are mostly vowel sounds, it tends to wipe out accents in favour of musicality.

    This is generally speaking, not applicable to every singer and every song and every word and every note.

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  • [+] -24 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    Americans don't have an accent

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  • [–] 28 points 3 weeks ago* (1 child)

    I heard an interview with Mick Jagger where he said that he sounded American singing and English talking because he learned to sing by emulating American singers and picked up their pronunciation.

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  • [–] 23 points 3 weeks ago

    Because singing is basically its own accent.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    but American singers also tend to sound more British, because they often sing without rhoticity, i.e. without pronouncing R's that follow vowels, and are not followed by another vowel, e.g. pronouncing "larger" like "laja"

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    Idk, all the British bands and solo artists I like definitely sound British. Maybe this only applies in pop music?

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  • [–] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    🎢 Never moind I'll foind...🎢

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    I've read it's because singing and speaking are handled by different parts of the brain. Accents are regional, inside your head as well.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Imagine singing in Brummie

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